Knitting and Stitching Show - London

We had a fabulous time and I have loads of ideas!! Bought to much, but as i said to my husband " You never see this stuff anywhere else!". My absolutist favoritist shop was there "Oliver Twist"!! I know you can get things cheaper else where, but they are always friendly, have wonderful colours and there things are of a good quality.

The exhibitions were wonderful and were very inspiring. Here are some pic's -

A wonderful boat in the entrance hall



Yarns suspended from the roof in the entrance hall

International felt Makers were there


Pieces which took my eye.......... that you could take photos of!





A quilt made out of Guinness cans!! Would of loved to of drank them!!!

This was my first time and wont be my last. It was defiantly worth traveling down too.

Quite a lot to say!

What a week!

Rainbow buttons, 3 scarves, 2 books and a craft fair later, I actually get to sit and write my blog!
Yes things have been slightly manic and that's just on the crafting side!

Here's some pic's of the things Iv made.............

Rainbow buttons

A5 Leaf Art Books

Scarves

I was also at the Coventry Motoring Festival at the weekend. This was a great Festival and all the cars were fantastic! (And I'm not a car girlie either!)

Fab market stand and loads of room!!




I got rather excited when the VW camper vans went by! Herbie, Laural and Hardy, toad and badger and a cracking striped mini were also there................

New Creations and Inspirations

Well the weather has been rather hot and sticky! Unfortunately iv not been able to work in my workshop as its been to hot for my me and my little boy (35 degrees). So iv been needle felting in home instead. Iv made some hair clips (Not taken any pictures yet.), Flump and Geode Pin Cushions, and yes Christmas Decorations! You have to start sometime!

Why Flump Pin Cushions? This was suggested by a friend as the sort of resemble the characters out of the 80's children's programme "The Flumps" (Picture below.) Mmmmm! Will have to think about that one......



Geodes are really fun to make, especially when you cant remember what colours you have used!



Yes I know that there's 5 months before Christmas. I was having a think for the future and thought I would experiment! I quite like these....



I'm starting a Level 3 Diploma in Creative Textiles in September and I went to see this years students work in a exhibition this week. I was very impressed and also very inspired. I'm really looking forward to doing the course and expanding my knowledge in this area. In fact I could of very easily come home that day and started to experiment, though unfortunately I didn't have the time to do so. Iv got loads of ideas floating around in my head. Here's a few pictures of the students exhibits.

NEC, Hobbycraft and Sewing for Pleasure

After breaking down on our way on Thursday, we finally got to the NEC on Friday!
The show was very good and i would say slightly larger than last year. It was better as they had incorparated the Sewing for Pleasure into the Hobbycraft. Alot of different things there this year - wood turning and a gardening section.

We met this lovely lady "Birdy Heywood" who makes fabulous jewellery and figures out of polymer clay. Very inspiring lady and she was very kind to give and and my friend a pendents that she made in while we were watching (about a hour!). I have just to polish it and ill put a photo up when iv finished it. "Thank you Birdy for your great tips and knowledge". This is the link to Birdy's website. http://littlehawksite.webs.com/index.htm

Silk paper and felt artwork has definitely become popular over the last 12 months and there was more being exhibited this year.


Another exhibitor was Kim Thittichai from nid-noi.com also www.kimthittichai.com
Kim is a textile artists. Working with heat tools such as soldering irons, heat guns and household irons can add texture and variety to textile work - whether it's hand embroidery, machine embroidery, quilting or felting. She also has written a book called Hot Textiles. One to definitely get!!

Oliver Twist was also there with there lovely silks, felts and threads. I did have a plastic moment in there!!

I'm was very impressed with my 4 month old baby boy, who was a very good boy throughout the whole day. He definitely liked the attention from the ladies!!

I'm off now to look through my goodies and start experimenting!